Question

30 POINTS!!! Kent won 25% of the games he played on Saturday. If he lost 12 games on Saturday, and no game ended in a tie, how many games did he win?

Answer 1

He won 4 games

Explanation:

Percentage of games he lost= 75%

Let the total number of games be
`x`

75% of
`x` = 12

`(75x)/(100)` = 12

75
`x`= 12 x 100

`x`=
`(1200)/(75)`

=16

Number of games he won = 16-12

= 4

Answer 2

4

Explanation:

If Kent won 25% of the games, he lost 75% of them. Thus if g is the total number of games he played,

12 = 0.75(g) ---> g=16

So the number of games he won was 16 - 12 = 4.